The US-Mexico border crisis is one of the first noncoronavirus-related issues to break through the news cycle during President Joe Biden’s administration. Republicans are playing up the surge of people trying to cross the border, while Democrats are hoping that Biden can figure out a way to deal with it.
The issue is one of the first that puts Biden and his administration between a rock and a hard place. It’s not clear looking at the data how to politically deal with the issue.
For one thing, a flow of illegal immigration across the border divides the Democratic base. CONTINUED
Harry Enten, CNN
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